Key Ideas

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Key Ideas

• College of Education
• Curriculum Instruction
• Arizona State University

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New Ideas for Implementation in the Doctoral
Program

• Move From Extensive Coursework to Authentic
  Experiences
• Journal Reviewing
• Proposal and Grant Writing
• Paper Presentations
• Research
• Teaching Opportunities

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New Ideas for Implementation in the Doctoral
Program

• Continuous Seminar Series
• Core Knowledge and Cutting Edge Research
• Forum for Faculty and Student Research and Guest
  Speakers
• Takes Place Every Semester for Program Entirety

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New Ideas for Implementation in the Doctoral
Program

• Student Dyads
• Increasing/Improving Student Community and
  Collaborative Research In and Out of the
  Classroom
• Full-time and Part-time
• International and National
• Beginning and Advanced

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New Ideas for Implementation in the Doctoral
Program

• Service Activities
• Storefront Tutoring (Adult Literacy and ESL)
• Translating / Disseminating University Research
  Into Usable Form for Practitioners
• School Based Tutoring
• Science and Math Clubs

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Challenges

• Not Lengthening the Student Program of Study
• Make Program More Accurate Reflection of the
  Professorate
• Accommodating Part-time Students
• Accommodating International Students
• Improving Collaboration with K-12 System

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Deliberations

• Participants
• Science Education, Math Education, and Language
  and Literacy Faculty
• Administrators
• Graduate Students
• Observers in Other Departments within the College

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Deliberations Most Fruitful Questions Asked

• How will this initiative affect the other
  departments within the college?
• How will students get credit for non-course based
  authentic experiences?
• How will going from a course based program to an
  experience based program affect faculty load?

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Deliberations

• When paring down courses, how do you identify the
  courses that are most essential?
• What are the authentic experiences that reflect
  the professorate?

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Affirmations

• Students and Faculty Are Generally Satisfied With
  Current Program
• Interdisciplinary Nature
• Program Flexibility
• Access to Faculty

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Concerns with Ideas

• Faculty
• Role of Core Courses (Curriculum Theory and
  Practice Interdisciplinary Research Seminar)
• How Will Potential Program Ideas Lengthen the
  Doctoral Program?
• Should Strong Focus Areas Become Independent?